Geology of the Hendrix Lake Area
(NTS 93A/02)
BCMEMPR Open File 2007-03
(1:50 000 colour geological map -
1 sheet)
By Paul Schiarizza and Jenny Macauley
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Open File 2007-3 (PDF, 17.6 MB)
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| The Hendrix Lake map area covers about 800 square kilometres within the Quesnel Highland
of south-central British Columbia. This new geological map is based on fieldwork conducted during 2006 which
is part of a larger program. The map area is underlain mainly by sedimentary, volcanic and volcaniclastic
rocks of the Middle to Late Triassic Nicola Group, together with Late Triassic to Early Jurassic ultramafic
to granitic plutonic rocks, including the eastern part of the Takomkane Batholith. These rocks are part of
the Quesnel magmatic arc, which hosts the Afton and Mount Polley porphyry Cu-Au deposits to the south and
north, respectively. The map area also includes Late Paleozoic mafic schists of the Crooked amphibolite
(Slide Mountain Terrane), Proterozoic and/or Paleozoic metasedimentary rocks of the Snowshoe Group (Kootenay
Terrane), stocks of Cretaceous granite, and small exposures of Quaternary basalt. Many of the mineral
occurrences located within the map area are associated with Cretaceous granitic rocks. These include the
past-producing Boss Mountain porphyry molybdenum deposit, tungsten-molybdenum skarns, and gold-bearing
shears and vein systems. 
For more information on mines and exploration projects see
BC Mineral
Exploration Review 2006, Information Circular 2007-1 (PDF,
2.6 MB).
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Last updated
November 20, 2007 |
